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The word 'dawned'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dawnedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61210
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dawned in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The day o me first lesson dawned and no wan wird said I. on page 7
The big day dawned and aff we set. I wore me hat on page 73

2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
em. An at dat very meenit, it dawned on dem wha he wis. Bit Jesus on page 153

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
a hay wis in. So, when da day dawned wi a warm south easterly wind
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Mid Simmer Day dawned fair an clear,
1 matches

General Northern

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
Ah of a sudden it dawned on ma they are gan tae gas ma
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in through a gid few jars. It dawned oan me how nae amoont ae drin on page 76
a library caird. It suddenly dawned oan me that education is inde on page 91

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
an I climbed in aside him. It dawned on me that there wis naewhaur on page 24

1 matches

West Central

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
Clearly it still hasnae dawned on some eejits that Scots an
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
rbid puss. And that's when it dawned oan me that 'it's ladle' must on page 36

1 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
-handit crack nor a poem: 'It dawned on me aw o a sudden the sicke on page 91

1 matches

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